March 1, 2009

Cruise to the Mexican Riveria

    It was off to the open water again, however this time the trip took us through Las Vegas on the way to Los Angles for a seven night cruise to the Mexican Riviera.  The trip started in Vegas with all fourteen of us meeting up there the day before the cruise.  Everyone did a whirlwind visit of Sin City before boarding the Southwest planes the next morning bound for L.A.  Once in L.A. we climbed aboard the Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas that would take us to Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico over the next week.  Some of the photos from the trip are shown below (there were over 1,300 photos in all, so I picked just a few to show here).  In all, we traveled over 4,000 miles by plane and 2,300 miles by ship!
 

LAS VEGAS
A happy Mandy after a chicken pot pie at the Luxor	Standing under the sign	Mandy watching the fountains at Bellagio	Breakfast at Krispy Kreme, where there's always a line!	Dinner at Gonzalez Y Gonzalez in New York, New York Hotel
SAIL DAY - DAY 1
Los Angeles Fire Boat No 2 on the canal in San Pedro	Kim and Stacy sporting "cruise ship orange"	Mandy reporting for duty at the compulsory muster drill	Scott, Stacy, and Kim checking out the view from the stateroom balconies	The MetLife blimp passing by
SEA DAY - DAY 2
The Royal Promenade Deck on formal night	Sean and Debra getting ready for Dodge Ball	A beautiful sunset outside our balcony	All fourteen of us pose on the first formal night just before dinner	A handsome couple spotted near the casino
CABO SAN LUCAS - DAY 3
Dolphins, dolphins, everywhere!  They were escorting us in to port	We "had" to stop at Cabo Wabo for a refreshment	Mandy catching some rays on our yacht excursion to Lands End	On the way back to the ship on one of the tender boats	Photo of us in front of the arch at Lands End
MAZATLAN - DAY 4
Some of the life boats during a crew drill early in the morning	Sean taking to the skies in a parasail at the beach	T.A. contemplating some shopping downtown	Lunch at the Gringo Lingo restaurant downtown	Scott and Stacy at the beach watching Sean parasail
PUERTO VALLARTA - DAY 5
A beautiful day at the port	This a Humpback Whale we saw on our excursion	Mandy enjoying a cold Coronita on the Isis sailboat	A view of downtown Puerto Vallarta by the shore	The Mariner of the Seas - The largest cruise ship to sail into this port
SEA DAYS  - DAYS 6 & 7
Mandy staking her claim topside early in the morning	A nice view of the pool and sun decks	The Men's Belly Flop Contest - Look for T.A., Chris, Debra, and Katy	Dad holding down the fort waiting for breakfast patrons	Scott, Stacy, and Sean ready for dinner

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